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 Wednesday, January 22, 2003
Favicon
Favicon. Ever since Safari was released a handful of days ago, Mac related newsgroups, mailing lists and forums have lit up with messages penned by dogged IE users suddenly confronted for the first time by that little 16x16px graphic in the location bar known as a web site's favicon. "What is it?" "How do I configure Apache to show them?" "How do I create one?" "Where do they come from?" If you fall into this camp (it's okay, don't be shy), head over to Favicon.com for a quick FAQ about the little buggers. I recommend using Graphic Converter to export your... [[Read More] from: What Do I Know] 12:21:52 PM  Google It!
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Wednesday, November 27, 2002
MySQL on Mac OS X. Apple Internet Developer: “In this article I’ll give you an overview of MySQL’s features and drawbacks, show you how to install MySQL on Mac OS X, and introduce you to some of MySQL’s notable technical aspects.” [ranchero.com] 10:34:50 PM
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OS X Tip: Character Palette. There was a time when finding those elusive accented Latin characters, symbols, and dingbats required the use of a shareware application. Or for those with plenty of patience, a session of hunting and pecking on the keyboard (lord knows how many times I've typed a string of alphabet keys just to find some stupid character). With the Character Palette built-in to OS X, all that is history. To use the system-wide character palette, open you System Preferences. Then click on International. Then chose the "Input Menu" tab at the far right. In the list of keyboard languages should be an... [What Do I Know] 10:33:09 PM
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Wednesday, June 5, 2002
The Joys of SSH. Brent Ashley writes about the joys of ssh. One of my favorite ssh-related things is scp. With one command I can back up my entire website (which lives somewhere in California) to my local hard drive. Easy and secure. [inessential.com] 4:09:53 PM
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Friday, May 3, 2002
Using PHP with Files. Developer.com: “The ability to work within the file system is the power to store and retrieve information from the server.” [ranchero.com] 3:04:54 PM
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Incoming Mail and PHP. evolt.org explains how to send mail to PHP. (It’s easy to send mail from PHP; sending email to PHP is somewhat trickier.) [ranchero.com] 3:03:23 PM
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Brent Simmons writes: Programming Books. I sometimes get email asking me about how I learned to be a Mac developer. Here’s a list of books that have been most important to me.
His list follows:
Learn C on the Macintosh by Dave Mark taught me how to program in C. Knowing C, even in this age of Java and Objective-C, is important. It’s the basis for everything else.
The C Programming Language by Kernighan and Ritchie is the essential reference. Years after initially learning C I still refer to it.
Writing Solid Code by Steve Maguire is about the philosophy and practices of development. It teaches, and even inspires, one to be rigorous and thorough.
Ultimate Mac Programming by Dave Mark appears to be out of print. This book taught me the Apple event manager. If you’re interested in Apple events, and can find this book, buy it.
Cocoa Programming for Mac OS X by Aaron Hillegass is an excellent introduction to Cocoa. I went from not really getting Cocoa to building my own apps before I was even half-way through the book. [inessential.com] 2:55:01 PM
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Thursday, May 2, 2002
Output Buffering with PHP. DevShed: “I’m going to introduce you to some little-known, but nevertheless very useful functions, which offer you never-before-seen control over the output generated by your PHP scripts, and provide some interesting twists on the standard way of writing PHP code.” [ranchero.com] 2:58:46 PM
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Monday, April 29, 2002
GoLive Gets Interesting. O’Reilly: “GoLive 6 features a robust workgroup server; support for common scripting languages such as ASP, JSP, and PHP; drag-and-drop WML authoring for mobile devices; MySQL database for dynamic sites; Apache Web server; and a tighter JavaScript code generator for rollovers and other dynamic goodies.”
Brent writes:Perhaps it’s time for another look at GoLive. Last time I used it, it was GoLive CyberStudio. Adobe hadn’t yet acquired it. I liked it then, but not enough to pay for upgrades.
For nostalgia reasons only: here’s a review I wrote of GoLive in 1997. [ranchero.com] 11:36:07 AM
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Including Files (with PHP). PHP Beginner: “Another thing we can do is ‘include’ files. This comes in handy when you have the same information on all your pages, over and over again. For example, connecting to the same database, printing the same HTML at the top or bottom of a page. It can be used for headers or footers, or for simplifying things.”
If you’ve been thinking about learning PHP, check out the PHP Beginner site. I wish it had been around when I was learning PHP. [ranchero.com] 11:32:58 AM
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Friday, April 26, 2002
Coffee, Conversation and ZUBB. DevShed: “I thought that I would have to design and build this forum myself from scratch—until a search on Google and Zope.org turned up a very neat little Zope Product named ZUBB, which offered all the features I needed.” [ranchero.com] 12:01:44 AM
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